Dog recovers piece of meteorite
Stray border collie, Hopper, helped out
Updated: Wednesday, 11 Mar 2009, 4:36 PM MDT
Published : Wednesday, 11 Mar 2009, 4:21 PM MDT
WEST, Texas (KXAN) - Another piece of meteorite was found, thanks to a stray border collie. Last month, meteorite hunters from around the world descended upon the small rural town of West, just North of Waco. They were hoping to find a remnant of the fireball that shot across the Texas sky.
One of the hunters was searching a piece of property when they found a two ounce piece of meteorite on someone's front porch. Turns out the dog, Hopper, had left it there earlier in the day. The homeowner thought it was only a rock. The meteorite was purchased by a collector in Oregon.
Hopper was the first dog in history to ever recover a meteorite.
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